[DS] Daleks (x-list)

Greetings and welcome back Beth!

Daleks are tough to categorize. They are supposed to have conquered much of
known space. However, The Good Doctor seems to have defeated them every time.

Ace's explosives seem effective (granted she is from the future, but not as
far in the future as the Daleks). However, these were always placed directly
on or inside a Dalek.

Also, they seem to have great trouble when in close assault. I remember
several times when they were confused by throwing a blanket, coat or
some-such over their optic (?) sensor. You may want to increase the
damage
at range, but penalize them when close-assaulted.

The main advantages of the Daleks as I remember were: 1. Impervious to
conventional (20th c.) small, and medium arms. (I remember a Dalek surviving a
bazooka hit). 2. Usually attacks less advanced worlds. 3. Great strategist
(unless attacking an opponent with equal computing
power...this results in a stale-mate).
4. Large space assets. 5. Numbers? While you never see more than a dozen at
one time on the show, these are almost always advanced scouting or raiding
parties. If they control a large part of the galaxy, they must be numerous.
Also, they do not seem to mind, loosing Daleks to 'the cause'.
  6. Advanced/Heavy weapons for Infantry. Even a standard Dalek has a
beam weapon that is effective against armor. IIRC, the only use of the Heavy
Weapon Dalek was going to be used against the TARDIS (a mighty feat indeed!).
  7. Single-mindedness. Once they have a goal, it is very difficult to
divert them from that goal.

I would make a squad of Daleks small (4-5?).  In stead of an IVAR
attack, I would give each one a size one HEL and allow a squad to combine fire
for an attack (if there are 4 elements left in the squad, treat as size 4 HEL,
if there are only 2 left, treat as size 2). I agree with the 30" range for the
Dalek carried HEL as it is closer to the ground, the horizon is much closer.
However, if it is on a hill, I would give it the full 60".

Daleks have an irrational fear on one individual. They will attack anyone in
a big floppy had and long scarf before all others. :-)

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Brian Bell bkb@beol.net
http://membes.xoom.com/rlyehable/ds2/
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> -----Original Message-----
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> DS, but I did find Daleks ;)
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> to a maximum of 6").

> Ace's explosives seem effective (granted she is from the future, but

Ace was from the 1980s. Her explosives were of her own invention, originally
using 1980 level technology (she doesn't seem to have improved upon that
during her stay on Iceworld in the far future). Only in the Virgin books did
Ace gain high tech weaponry and
explosives - after she spent three years fighting in the Dalek wars
of the 26th century.

> Also, they seem to have great trouble when in close assault. I

Daleks have been shown to be vulnerable when attacked with spears! (Death to
the Daleks)

> The main advantages of the Daleks as I remember were:

Most of the time they were shown as impervious to firearms but vulnerable to
explosives and close combat.

> 2. Usually attacks less advanced worlds.

Prefer to soften up strong targets with biological weapons first (Dalek
Invasion of Earth, etc.)

> 4. Large space assets.

We did see a whole army in cryogenic suspension during Planet of the Daleks.
(Made up of toy Daleks!)

> 6. Advanced/Heavy weapons for Infantry. Even a standard Dalek has a

In one of the Virgin novels Ace mentions that one of her scars came from the
plasma burst from a Heavy Weapons Dalek. I've been thinking of giving them a
PPG in SGII.

In DSII terms Daleks probably wouldn't be very much different to PA except
without the CC advantages. A whole new set of psychology rules might be needed
however.

> the only use of the

Rememberance of The Daleks is IMO the best show to base Dalek warriors on as
it was the most hard SF version of the Daleks.

The Special Heavy Weapons Dalek is used to eliminate the rival Dalek faction,
it blows up three or four rival Daleks in one blast. Looks like a plasma
cannon or big powergun.

http://shill.simplenet.com/dw/story/st--7h39.jpg

Normal Daleks are impervious to 1960's Rifle Grenade rounds and
SLR/SMG fire.

For Dalek weapons I'd use the powergun rules from Slammin The Dirt.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3565/slammin-the-dirt.html

Dalek weapons look very like powerguns in the later shows

http://shill.simplenet.com/dw/story/st--7h08.jpg

http://shill.simplenet.com/dw/story/st--7h10.jpg

Oh man! That dalek pic is on one of the largest Dr Who image pages I have ever
seen!

Knock off everything after the dw/  to go there.

DOnald Hosford

> Tim Jones wrote:

> >>the only use of the

G'day guys,

Thanks for all the comments/ideas. I'll go away and kick some stuff
about and come back to you again with the finished product.

Thanks

Beth